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Hugh Leonard

HUGH LEONARD  (1927 - 2009)

 Nationality:    Irish
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Literary Agent:    The Agency (London) Ltd  

Hugh Leonard' is the pen-name of John Keyes Byrne. He is, as Christopher Fitz-Simon has written, `the most prolific and most technically assured of modern Irish playwrights', and his cosmopolitanism is shown by the range of his work, twenty-five plays (eighteen of which have been published), and seven adaptations of others' work for stage, something like thirty individual plays for television, work for over forty TV series totalling well in excess of 120 original episodes, and over 100 episodes for serials based on others' works (Emily Bronte, Dickens, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Somerville & Ross, for example), as well as over a dozen film scripts. the output is truly phenomenal. although a constant contributor to television, it is for the Theatre that he has produced his finest work.

Research:    http://www.irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=2225

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below is a list of Hugh Leonard's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Au Pair Man, The         Barracks, The         Big Birthday, The         Da         Dead, The         Dublin One         Family Way, The         Great Expectations         Irishmen         Italian Road, The         Kill         Last Of the Last Of the Mohicans, The         Late Arrival Of the Incoming Aircraft, The         Leap In the Dark, A         Liam Liar         Life, A         Lily Lally Show, The         Love In the Title         Madigan's Lock         Mask Of Moriarity, The         Mick And Mick         Moving         Nothing Personal         Passion Of Peter Ginty, The         Patrick Pearse Motel, The         Pizzazz         Poker Session, The         Quick, The         Roman Fever         Saints Go Cycling In, The         Scorpions         Senna For Sonny         Some Of My Best Friends Are Husbands         Stephen D         Summer         Time Of Wolves And Tigers, A         Time Was         View From the Obelisk         Walk On the Water, A         When the Saints Go Cycling In

Au Pair Man, The

Au Pair Man, The
a reverse Pygmalion as rough Irish bill collector becomes love slave to english lady in this view of the battle between england and Ireland

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Dublin Theatre Festival In association with Gemini Productions

1st Published:
in "Plays and Players", London, December, 1968
Selected plays of Hugh Leonard, Colin Smythe Limited, 1992   978-08611401417

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Barracks, The

Synopsis:
Elizabeth Reegan, after years of freedom--and loneliness--marries into the enclosed Irish village of her upbringing. the children are not her own; her husband is straining to break free from the servile security of the police force; and her own life, threatened by illness, seems to be losing the last vestiges of its purpose.

Notes:
adapted from book by John McGahern

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Dublin Theatre Festival In association with Gemini Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Big Birthday, The

Synopsis:
Patrick Farrell is one hundred years old. His family and friends gather round to celebrate his birthday and no-one is going to mess this up for him.

Notes:
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Organisations:
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-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Da

Da
Dublin, the 1960s. after Da's funeral, Charlie returns to his childhood home only to find his father's ghost stubbornly unwilling to leave the house or his son's mind. as the events of Charlie's youth and Da's troubled relationship with Mother are replayed, we discover the darkly comic, bittersweet relationship that existed between father and son.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Olney, Maryland    1973

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Plays Of the Year Vol.44", elek, London, 1975
Selected plays of Hugh Leonard, Colin Smythe Limited, 1992   978-08611401417

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Vol XVII (1997) Page 0623; Theatre Record Vol XIX (1999) Page 1521

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Dead, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Dublin    1967

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  10            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Dublin One

Synopsis:
an adaptation of six stories from James Joyce's 'Dubliners'.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Dublin Theatre Festival and Gemini Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  27            Female:  1            Other:  doubling possible

Further Reference:
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Family Way, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Eugene Labiche. Adapted from "Celimare, Le Bien-aime"

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Gemini Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Great Expectations

Synopsis:
Bringing to life all the vivid characters of the original and conveying the story with great clarity, atmosphere and theatrical flair

Notes:
an Adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian tale of the young Pip's Ascent through the English social classes with the help of his benefactor, Magwitch.

1st Produced:
Gate Theatre, Dublin >>>    30 Nov 1995

Organisations:
Gate Theatre

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1998   978-057301778-0

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  6            Other:  doubling possible

Further Reference:
-

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Irishmen

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Olney, Maryland    1975

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1983   -

Music:
-

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-

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Italian Road, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Dublin    1954

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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-

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Kill

Kill
the tenant of Kill House - seventy-five miles from Dublin, if you know the short-cut - is entertaining a distinguished group of guests. the menu includes boiled mutton, blackmail, intimidation, bribery and crimes of the flesh.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Olympia Theatre, Dublin >>>    05 Oct 1982

Organisations:

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Last Of the Last Of the Mohicans, The

Last Of the Last Of the Mohicans, The
the mood is one of hilarious comedy as Dominick, having packed his wife off on retreat to an obscure saint's shrine, is poised to enjoy an adulterous affair with sexy Grace. Grace arrives, followed by Dominick's wife, followed by Grace's husband - a formidable aer Lingus pilot. eventually the evening is resolved amicably although not quite how Dominick intended! May be performed as part of the triple bill Suburb of Babylon.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Irish Theatre Company

1st Published:
in "Suburb of Babylon", French, London, 1983   978-057311426-7

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  voice

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Late Arrival Of the Incoming Aircraft, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Evans Bros, London, 1968   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Leap In the Dark, A

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Liam Liar

Synopsis:
Relocated to Ireland, Liam Liar tells the story of a lazy, wildly inventive, daydreaming, irresponsible clerk with an extraordinarily vivid imagination and an inability to tell the truth. Unable to come to grips with the drab reality of his life, or with his own lack of direction, he treats his girlfriends and his family irresponsibly and spends his time retreating into that daydream world where he is the dictator of an imaginary country.

Notes:
adapted from 'Billy Liar' by Keith Waterhouse And Willis Hall.

1st Produced:
Gate Theatre, Dublin >>>    18 Aug 1976

Organisations:
Noel Pearson Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Life, A

Life, A
Drumm visits his neighbour Mary for the first time in six years. She describes her new kitchen - but when she takes him into it, it is as it was forty years ago, and seated at the table is her young self. From then on, the lives of four people, their intermingled relationships, whims of chance and clashes of personality which affected their destinies, are recounted by a method which mingles past and present.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1980
Selected plays of Hugh Leonard, Colin Smythe Limited, 1992   978-08611401417

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Lily Lally Show, The

Synopsis:
Mary Moone, an old vaudevillian, insists that she does not audition, and yet here she is in front of an unseen and unknown audience. "Do I get the part?" she asks, only half in jest and what transpires is, in spite of herself, an audition.

Notes:
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Organisations:

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Love In the Title

Love In the Title
This gentle and lyrical play portrays the lives of three generations of women. When Katie arrives in Corcamore in Ireland to paint a watercolour of the legendary stone of Clough-a-Regan, she is accompanied by the youthful versions of her mother, Triona, and her grandmother, Cat. Katie exists in the present but Triona and Cat are in their own time. their conversation reveals their family history and its intricate relation with the wider history of their culture.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:

1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd (13 July 2000)   978-057301889-3

Music:
-

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Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Madigan's Lock

Synopsis:
at the end of a lost canal is an equally lost pub, which will reward those who discover it with 'free pints 'til God calls time and gently leads them upstairs to His own lounge bar above'.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Brophy, Dublin, 1987   090-796088X

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Mask Of Moriarity, The

Synopsis:
an impossible murder on Waterloo Bridge and the true identity of Jack the Ripper are but two of the problems faced by Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson as they face up to their arch-enemy in this spoof of the Conan Doyle stories.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Gate Theatre, Dublin >>>    04 Oct 1985

Organisations:
Gate Theatre

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1986
Brophy, Dublin, 1987   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy Thriller Thriller

Parts:
Male:  14            Female:  4            Other:  doubling possible

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Vol VII (1987) Page 0757

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Mick And Mick

Synopsis:
bleached hair and low cut dresses do not go down well with family when woman returns to Ireland for her brother's ordination

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Dublin Theatre Festival In association with Gemini Productions

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1966   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Moving

Moving
It is 1957 and the Noone family is moving into a new house in Dublin. Presiding over the event is the Removals Man, who steps in and out of the action to explain the characters and their stories. the second half of the play is set in 1987 and the same family, no older than before, is moving into an even better house, their new relationships reflecting the revolutions that have taken place in family life in the intervening years.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1994   978-057301837-4

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  Cross casting is essential

Further Reference:
-

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Nothing Personal

Nothing Personal
Garrulous suburbanite Phil is taken by Pat, whom he has just met in a pub, to No. 19, the home of Betty, whose husband is interned in the North. Initially, the atmosphere is jovial as they await a fourth member of the party, but it becomes increasingly sinister and Phil realizes he has been kidnapped. He must await the fourth member - and execution. Forms part of the triple bill Suburb of Babylon.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Irish Theatre Company

1st Published:
in "Suburb of Babylon", French, London, 1983   978-057311426-7

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Passion Of Peter Ginty, The

Synopsis:
the action moves from Dublin during the Civil War in 1922 to abroad in 1942 and back home some years later

Notes:
Original Playwright - Henrik Ibsen. A new version of the original play Peer Gyn. Choreography for the original production was credited to the egyptian Festival Ballet

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Gemini Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  24            Female:  19            Other:  doubling possible

Further Reference:
-

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Patrick Pearse Motel, The

Patrick Pearse Motel, The
Both husband and wife and their respective lovers end up in same empty out of season motel

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Gemini Productions and Dublin Theatre Festival

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1971
Selected plays of Hugh Leonard, Colin Smythe Limited, 1992   978-08611401417

Music:
-

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Genre:
Farce

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Pizzazz

Pizzazz
Whilst waiting to hire out cabin cruisers on the River Shannon, two apparent strangers play an elaborate game, which involves re-enacting a marriage on the rocks, with the other people in the reception area as a supporting cast. But this is a Chinese box of a play and all is not what it seems.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Olympia Theatre, Dublin >>>    05 Nov 1983

Organisations:

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1986   978-057301641-7

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Poker Session, The

Synopsis:
at family poker session they are confronted with their contribution to the illness of released mental patient who has just killed his former rival

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Dublin Theatre Festival and Gemini Productions

1st Published:
evans, London, 1963   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Quick, The

Synopsis:
a dithering wife at the VIP lounge at the airport attempting to run away

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Roman Fever

Synopsis:
From the story by edith Wharton. On a restaurant terrace in Rome, Mrs Slade and Mrs ansley are reminiscing about a Roman holiday they had together many years before. Mrs Slade, envious of the other's daughter's engagement to a rich marchese cannot resist a spiteful jibe which demolishes a cherished memory. But in the end it is Mrs Slade's illusions that are shattered.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Olympia Theatre, Dublin >>>    05 Oct 1983

Organisations:

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1986   -

Music:
-

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Play One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Saints Go Cycling In, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Dublin    1965

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Scorpions

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Dublin    1983

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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-

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Senna For Sonny

Synopsis:
Recently returned from a seven year exile, Chas (married to Roisin) is about to present his new invention for the approval of an old civil war adversary, who is now the Minister for Defence. Much depends on the success of this demonstration, but domestic life must meanwhile go on. Sonny, the Mangans' pride and joy, has not visited in two days and a coming rainstorm stirs poignant memories for Roisin.

Notes:
-

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Organisations:

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Some Of My Best Friends Are Husbands

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
London    1976

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Stephen D

Synopsis:
episodes in growing up of young Irishman who renounces family, church and country

Notes:
an Adaptation of the biographical works of James Joyce, 'Stephen Hero' And 'Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man'.

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1st Published:
Evans Bros, London, 1964   -

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Summer

Summer
Three married couples, accompanied by the son of one and daughter of another, assemble on a hill near Dublin to picnic. During the afternoon the various relationships between them, on the surface and beneath it, become apparent, while the young people regard their elders somewhat sardonically across the generation gap. Six years pass, and the group come together again - but the place has changed, as they have. In their various ways all show the passage of the years.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Olney, Maryland    Jan 1974

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1979
Selected plays of Hugh Leonard, Colin Smythe Limited, 1992   978-08611401417

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Time Of Wolves And Tigers, A

Time Of Wolves And Tigers, A
Jumbo, an alcoholic civil servant, returns home half-drunk. His wife has left him and Jumbo is afraid of the empty house. Seeking reassurance he starts phoning friends, only to discover that he is in trouble at work. Feeling isolated, he manages to contact his wife and persuades her to return home, promising to mend his ways. But Jumbo knows he can never change and the play ends with him trying to come to grips with his fear of his empty house and life. May also be performed as part of the triple bill Suburb of Babylon.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
irish Theatre Company

1st Published:
in "Suburb of Babylon", French, London, 1983   978-057311426-7

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Time Was

Synopsis:
Set in middleclass Dublin suburbia, this is a comedy fantasy which puts forward the theory that because so many people are longing for the 'good old days', time has ruptured and people are disappearing back into the past of which they claim to be so fond. Similarly people they want to see again are appearing by the score. How these happenings are handled by P.J. and ellie and their guests John and Bea provides an hilarious and occasionally thought provoking evenings entertainment.

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1st Produced:
Abbey Theatre, Dublin >>>    21 Dec 1976

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1st Published:
Penguin, London, 1981   -

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View From the Obelisk

View From the Obelisk
Convalescing, Owen insists on showing Rosemary the view from a hilltop near Dublin. But he is exhausted after the climb and Rosemary goes to summon a car. While she is gone, a boy appears and Owen strikes up a conversation with him. the boy goes, and it is only when Rosemary returns that Owen realizes why the boy seemed so familiar ... May be performed as part of the triple bill Pizzazz.

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1st Produced:
Olympia Theatre, Dublin >>>    05 Oct 1983

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1986   978-0573016417

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Walk On the Water, A

Synopsis:
an adventure on the Old pier, Dublin

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Gas Company, Dun Laoghaire.    Jan 1960

Organisations:
Orion Productions as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival.

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When the Saints Go Cycling In

Synopsis:
Into the insane mix of characters that include James Joyce, St. augustine and a 'man who may turn into a bicycle', throw Mick Shaughnessy, who, with the aid of strong drink, his friend Hackett, and Mary(whom they both want). Struggling to find order in this metaphysical chaos, Mick undergoes a crisis of faith both sublime and ridiculous.

Notes:
adaptrd from the Dalkey Archive by FLann O'Brien

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Organisations:
Gemini Productions In association with Dublin Theatre Festival

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